Open Position Chords in 5 Keys: A Guitar Lesson for Songwriters & Worship Leaders (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this lesson series we looked at 5 open position chord families based off of the keys of E, G, A, C and D.

In Part 2 we'll look at a couple ideas for application of these chord families.

For the first application, we'll see how a chord progression can be played in one key in all 5 positions (E, G, A, C and D chord families) across the neck using a capo and your knowledge of the Nashville Number System.

For this demonstration (and throughout this lesson) we'll be using the following chord progression, notated in Nashville Numbers.

1 6- (1/3 ^4) (^2- ^5)

To play this progression in the key of E in all 5 positions, we'll have this: